Baby-carriage



Patented Mar. 28, I899.

M. W. MAHAB. BABY CARRIAGE.

(Application filed Aug. 20, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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BABY-CARRIAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,158, dated March 28, 1899. I

1 Application filed August 20, 1898. Serial No. 689,116. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL WILLIAM MA- HAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at the National Military Home,in the county of- Mont-gomery and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Baby-Carriage, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to baby-carriages, and has for its object to generally improve the construction and operation of such vehicles With this object in view myinvention con sists in a baby-carriage provided with an ad-- j ustable bod y mounted on springs and adapted to be swung forward and backward, the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of the parts of which will be first fully described hereinafter and afterward specifically pointed out in the claims.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention most nearly appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and'operation, having reference to the accompanyin g drawings,forrni n g part thereof,in which Figure 1 is'a view in side elevation of a baby-carriage constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the same in front elevation. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing how the inclination of the carriagebody may be adjusted without affecting the elasticity of its support or interfering with its swinging.

Like letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A A indicate the wheels, and B B the side bars of the running-gear, the latter beingrigidly attached to the axles.

0 indicates the body of the carriage, and D the bottom thereof.

E E indicate a pair of standards mounted one on each side bar of the running-gear, said standards being shown as inverted-Y shaped or bifurcated at their lower ends, although this is only a matter of construction to give greater rigidity to their joints with the side bars. The upper ends of the standards E E are provided with openings to receive springs F, and screws G may be used to rigidly secure the springs in the openings. The springs project in front and rear of the standard and areprovided with eyes at their outer ends to receive the upper ends of hangers or sus pending-bails H, the cross-bars of which pass under the bottom D of the body of the carriage and are pivotally securedthereto.

' The side bars 13 B are turned upward at their rear ends and are connected at their rear upper ends by a cross-bar I, which is the usual push-bar. Upon the push-bar I is pivotally mounted a hand-lever J, that portion above the push-bar being rigid and serving as a handle and that portion J below the bar being an elastic or spring bar, the lower end of which is pivotally attached to the rear end of a connecting-rod K, the forward end of which is pivotally connected to the body of the carriage at L.

The lever J at its pivotal point is formed into a plate 0, and a similar plate is secured to the push-bar I, each of said bars being perforated, as at P, and a pin Q, adapted to be seated simultaneously in both perforations, serves to lock the lever J against movement on its pivot.

The standards E E are shown in Fig. 1 as each of asingle piece; but they may be made, as shown in Fig. 3, with a friction or lock joint M, secured by thumb-screw N.

In operation the body of my carriage will be supported by the springs F, being suspended therefrom by the bails H. To rock or oscillate the body of the bails, it is only necessary to remove the pin Q from the perforations P. When desired, the body may be locked against swinging by inserting the pin Q into the perforations P, which owing fere with the action of the supporting-springs.

. By loosening the thumb-screw'N and turning the upper end of the standard forward the body may be inclined to any desired angle and locked in position by again turning up the thumb-screw.

The advantages attending the useof my invention will be numerous and obvious, and

while I have illustrated and described thegest itself to the ordinary mechanic, would clearly be oomprehei'ided in the limit and scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described myinvention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The combination in a baby-carriage, of the side bars of the running-gear, standards erected thereon on each side, spring-bars secured in said standards and projecting forward and in the rear thereof, and the body suspended from the front and rear of said spring-bars, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a baby carriage, of the side bars of the running-gear, standards erected thereon on each side, a bar secured at the top of each standard and extending forward and to the rear thereof, the carriagebody suspended from the ends of the said bars, the push-bar, the lever pivoted thereon, and the rod connecting the lowerend of the lever with the body, substantially as described.

The combination in a baby-carriage, of the side bars of the running-gear, standards erected thereon on each side, springbars secured in said standards and projecting forward and in the rear thereof, the body suspended from the front and rear of said springbars, the p ush-bar, the lever pivoted thereon, and the rod connecting the lower end of the spring-lever to the body, substantially as described.

et. The combination in a baby-carriage, of

" the side barsof the running-gear, standards ward and to the rear thereof, the carriageb odysuspended from the ends of the said bars, the push-bar, the spring-lever pivoted thereon, and the rod connecting the lower end of the lever with the body, substantially as described.

5. The combination in a baby-carriage, of the side bars of the run ning-gear, standards erected thereon on each side, spring-bars secured in said standards and projecting forward and in the rear thereof, the body suspended from the frontand rear of said springbars, the push-bar, the spring-lever pivoted thereon, and the rod connecting the lower end of the spring-lever to the body, substantially as described.

6. The combination in a baby-carriage, of the side bars of the running-gear, standards erected thereon, clamp-joints in said standards, bars secured in the tops of said standards and projecting forward and to the rear thereof, and the body of the carriage suspended from the ends of said bars, substantially as described.

7. The combination in a baby-carriage, of the side bars of the running-gear, standards erected thereon, clamp-joints in said standards, spring-bars secured in the tops of said standards and projecting forward and to the rear thereof, and the body of the carriage suspended from the ends of said-bars, substantially as described.

MICHAEL VILLIAM MAHAR.

\Vitnesses:

THEODORE KENDALL, THOS. MILLER. 

